Welcome to Airborne Ranger Training!

- An Airborne Ranger must not be confused with a Battalion Ranger. An Airborne Ranger is to excel in all combat situations as well as intelligence gathering for battlefield situational awareness or tactical readiness. With those skills already earned from Recon qualifications, the Airborne Ranger will now apply the use of basic life saving skills to protect the integrity and the force readiness of his unit. The Medical Corps education will allow you to assist Army Medics in the field as well as somewhat self-sustain your injuries until professionals can get a look at you. This will allow you to be issued orders from Combat Medics who don't necessarily have the time or need to draw their full attention to a wounded Trooper. They can instead issue you instructions while they tend to other matters. Airborne Rangers will also attend Combat Diving School, High Altitude/High Open School (HAHO Airborne Qualifications), and learn how to coordinate with Air Communication Officers.


You will maintain the integrity, direction, and violence of action for the tip of the spear. You will lead the leaders.



ARMY AIRBORNE RANGER


1.) Battlefield Situational Awareness
----> Force Measuring
----> Battlefield Statistics
----> Tactical Analysis


2.) Tactical Readiness
----> Air Base Ground Defense School (USAF)
----> Acquisition & Use, Salvaging
----> Psychological Warfare


3.) Battlefield Intelligence
----> Tactical Surveillance
----> Plotting
----> Reports
----> Evasion


4.) Medical Corps
----> Self-Aid
----> Basic Combat Life Saving
----> Combat Medic Assistance
----> Airborne Medic Briefing


5.) Combat Diving School
----> Core Techniques
----> Equipment Storage
----> Communication
----> Day Ops
----> Night Ops


6.) Airborne School I
----> Parachute Education
----> Core Techniques
----> High Altitude, High Open
----> Hot-Zone Landing
----> Urban Landing


7.) Joint Terminal/Forward Air Controller (USAF)
----> Equipment Familiarity
----> "Pilot's Language"
----> Plotting
----> Sorties
----> Real-Time Navigation and Execution
----> Emergencies and Last-Ditch Efforts
----> Battlefield Air Traffic Control
----> Drop-Zones
----> Rotary Navigation

OPTIONAL


8.) Special Forces Sniper

The Special Forces Sniper is the most precise, silent, and invisible expert in the world. The Special Forces Sniper is carefully selected by the Marksmanship School Superintendent and trained tediously and meticulously. All training tasks are critical to a pass or fail. The SF Sniper gathers intelligence, monitors battlefield surveillance and works with a dedicated SF Spotter as his partner. You will be an expert on one (1) weapon and you will know everything there is to know about it and the ordinance it projects. The SF Sniper also delivers carefully deliberated shots at an objective while using target prioritization. The SF Sniper, although the title suggests he may be highly mobile, is not. The SF Sniper will use all available surroundings, camouflage techniques, and discipline to make sure he is not seen or discovered before or during his mission completion.

----> Core Techniques
----> Weapons Familiarization & Qualification
----> Windage & Elevation
----> Distance Measuring
----> Education and Background
----> Advanced Battlefield Surveillance
----> Positioning and Evasion


9.) Special Forces Spotter

The Special Forces Spotter is the most vigilant, silent, reactive, and supportive expert in direct relation to his partner, the SF Sniper. The SF Spotter is carefully selected by the Marksmanship School Superintendent and trained tediously and meticulously. All training tasks are critical to a pass or fail. The SF Spotter up-channels intelligence, monitors battlefield surveillance, windage, elevation, distance, and target prioritization. You will be an expert on one (1) weapon and you will know everything there is to know about it and the ordinance it projects. The SF Spotter also is to protect his partner. Without the Spotter, the Sniper cannot fully monitor his surroundings or updates on the area of operations. The SF Spotter, can be just as immobilized as the Sniper when deployed, but can also move to a more mobile role to monitor terrain or other surroundings for future positions or targets. The SF Spotter, when deployed, will use all available surroundings, camouflage techniques, and discipline to make sure he is not seen or discovered before or during his partner's mission completion.

----> Core Techniques
----> Weapons Familiarization & Qualification
----> Windage & Elevation
----> Distance Measuring
----> Education and Background
----> Advanced Battlefield Surveillance
----> Positioning and Evasion
----> Area Awareness
----> Reactionary Gaps
----> Infiltration and Evasion
----> Rangefinder / Laser Designation
----> Information Up-Channeling



- Each course and course section will be a GO or NO-GO basis. You must be familiar with and pass each course.